Railway-tie.



No- 798,249. PATENTED AUG. 29, 1905. H. W. AVERY.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 21, 1904.

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UNITED STATES HENRY W. AVERY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THE AVERY STAMPING COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPO- RATION OF OHIO.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1905.

To 0117, whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. AVERY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Railway-Ties, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to the type of metallic railway-ties which are shown in several patents heretofore granted to me-for example, Patents Nos. 771,034 and 771,035.

The objectof this invention is to adapt metallic railway-ties of the general character specified for use as repair-ties, which ties must be passed beneath and secured to the rails without any lateral movement of either rail relative to the other. I

The invention is a metallic railway-tie consisting of two chairs having hooks and a tie-bar which is threaded through the sides of the chairs and has hooks which extend through the slots in the chair-seats outside of the rail-flanges, which hooks upon the tiebar are farther apart than the distance between the outside edges of the flanges of the two rails, and a block which rests upon one chair-seat and extends under the adjacent hook on the bar and has an inwardly-extended hook which overhangs and engages with the outer rail-flange, and means for preventing the accidental removal of said block from the position stated.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a metallic railway-tie embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of one of the blocks which hooks over the rail-flanges and passes under the hook on the tie-bar.

Referring to the parts by letters, A A represent the two chairs of the tie, each of which consists of aflat seat a and two diverging side members a, which are turned down from said seat. Projecting up from the seat are hooks (6 which are fashioned so as to overhang and engage with the inner flanges of the respective rails. In each seat is aslot (0 through which slots pass the hooks b b on the upper edge of the tie-bar B. The tiebar is threaded through suitable holes in the side members a of the chair-seat. In the respects mentioned the tie shown is substantially like the tie shown in said prior patents.

It is not material to the present invention whether the hooks a are integral with the chair-seats or whether they are secured thereto. The cross-sectional configuration of the tie-bar is not material tothe present invention, nor is it material what expedient may be resorted to to permit the tie-bar to be threaded through the chairs as stated. In the respects mentioned they, may or may not be as shown in said prior patents.

The, hooks b b which project up from the tie-bar are farther apart than is the distance between the two outside edges of the two railflangeswhen said rails are set at the proper distance apart. One hook 7) engages in the usual way with the outer flange of the rail resting upon the adjacent chair. The other book 6 does not, however, overhang the outer flange of the other rail, and therefore the hooks may be moved up to positions outside of the rails without moving either rail laterally. The engagement between the tie-bar and this rail is effected by means of a block O,which rests upon the seat of the chair and has a front hook portion '0, which overhangs and engages with the rail-flange, and has a tail portion 0, which engages the adjacent hook b. In assembling the parts this block is driven in between the hook 7) and railflange after the rail has been properly positioned. Suitable means should be provided to prevent the withdrawal of this block accidentally or maliciously. The means shown consist in slitting the tailpiece on each side of the hook and then slightly bending up on opposite side of said hook the tongues produced by said slits.

I claim 1. In a metallic railway-tie, the combination of chairs, a tie-bar adapted to seat therein and having hooks on its upper side, the distance between said hooks being greater than the desired distance between the edges of the outer flanges of the two rails with which the tie cooperates, and a block which is adapted to extend between one of said hooks and the adjacent flange of the rail, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a metallic railway-tie, the combination of chairs, a tie-bar adapted to seat therein.

the desired distance between the edges of the outer flanges of the two rails with which the tie cooperates, a block which is adapted to extend between one of said hooks and the adjacent flange of the rail, and means for preventing the withdrawal of said block, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

'3. In a metallic railway-tie, the combination of two chairs having slotted seats and slotted depending side members and hooks projecting up from said seats for engagement with the inner flanges of rails resting thereon, a tie-bar threaded through the slots in the side members of the chair having on its upper edges hooks which project up through the slots in the chair-seat, the distance between said hooks being greater than the desireddistance between the edges of the outer flanges of the two rails resting upon the chairs, and a block which is adapted to rest upon one of the chair-seats and has a tailpiece which extendsbeneath the associated hook on the tiebar and has a front hook portion which overhangs and engages with the outer flange of the associated rail, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a metallic railway-tie, the combination of two chairs having slotted seats and slotted depending side members and hooks projecting up from said seats for engagement with the inner flanges of rails resting thereon,

' a tie-bar threaded through the slots in the side members of the chair having on its upper edge hooks which project up through slots in the chair-seat, the distance between said hooks being greater than the desired distance rail, and means to prevent the withdrawal of said block from its position upon the chairseat between the rail-flange and hook on the tie-bar, substantially as-and for the purpose specified.

5. In a metallic railway-tie, the combination of two chairs, a tie-bar seated therein and having upon its upper edge two shoulders which are separated a distance greater than the desired distance between the edges of the outer flanges of the two rails with which the tie cooperates, one of the said shoulders being in the form of a hook adapted to overhang and engage with one of the outer rail-flanges, and a block, removably supported upon the other chair, and lying between, and engaging with the other shoulder and the outer flange of the other rail, and being hook-shaped on its inner edge to overhang and engage with the last-mentioned rail-flange.

6. In a metallic railway-tie, the combination of two chairs, a tie-bar seated therein and having two shoulders which project re spectively above, the seats of said chairs at a distance apart greater than the required distance between the outer edges of the outer flanges of rails resting upon said chairs, a hook which is suitably connected with one of said shoulders and which is adapted to overhang and engage the outer flange of the rail resting upon the associated chair-seat, and a block which is removably secured upon the other chair-seat in engagement with the other shoulder of the tie-bar and which overhangs and engages with the outer flange of the rail resting upon said seat.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY w. AVERY.

Witnesses:

ALBERT H. BATES, N. L. BRESNAN. 

